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Will go for year 4. I think we will see what we've seen in Miles past stops. A steady build and climb. Next year we will be above .500 overall and win 5-7 league games. Year 3 will be an NIT-type year where we win 18-20 games and 7-8 league games. Year 4 will be the year when we are the most loaded and experienced talent wise and when we finally break through.

Shavon is going to have a solid career here for us. That being said...the comparison to Pierce seems a bit much at the moment

My vote was take Thomas and Atewe if you can land both. Holding a scholarship back is never a wise idea. Taking a guy just to fill it isn't wise either. If you have two guys that are remotely talented...then take them and let next year sort itself out

Generally speaking, over the past 5 years, people blamed Doc for premature attrition, not player choice. That may be accurate and it might not be. I don't know. But anytime the subject of player turnover came up, there were plenty of people who said that Doc kept pushing people out rather than developing them. That he'd miss on a recruit and push them out the door. That kind of thing. My perception of this staff, from what was said at that meet and greet, is that they don't have the luxury of doing that even if they wanted to. Now, between now and the 2014 recruiting class early signing period (this coming November) there just aren't a lot of guys who might transfer of their own volition. Where's Ray Gallegos going? Anywhere? Not likely. Nor Shields, nor Rivers, nor any of the three guys sitting out right now as transfers. That leaves Benny and Sergej. ACAG said very clearly the coaches are behind Sergej, like his upside, and think he'll develop. Sergej isn't getting pushed out any doors. Will Benny depart on his own? Maybe if he thinks that there will be too much competition for minutes at point guard. But, again, he won't get pushed out the door. I might have thought Sergej would be a guy that they might tell to look for places where he'd be a better fit. But the ACAG said the APR puts us in a position where we really can't have much turnover, if at all. From my experience with Doc, he didn't "push players out." Some weren't getting the PT they wanted, Doc told them they had to get better and play better in practice or they would continue riding pine. If they'd rather transfer than work to earn the position, Doc would help them pack. There might be a couple of exceptions, but the majority thought they should be playing more and Doc thought otherwise. And to be fair....looking at his results...a couple of them were right

NU 62 PSU 55

In his final 6 Clemson Wake Forest Auburn Charlotte Nevada Nebraska

Ubel may not be replaced right away....but if we get Atewe, Thomas or both we'll replace Almeida without blinking an eye

Just don't have a guy we can rely on to hit a create and hit a big shot for us.

OSU 71 NU 54

It's not just for some reason. The reason is that they recruit top talent and have a good coach. Miles is a good coach but inherited a mess talent wise.

Never doubt Vegas. Minnesota is a real good team. On top of that...they were a horrible matchup for us.

Gonna get ugly when we cool off in the second half.

71-52 Minnesota

NW 61-56

Maybe part of the reason he redshirted was to get acclimated at point at the next level. Maybe he won't have to do as much here as he had to do at Seward County. Looking at an assist to turnover ratio from one-year at JUCO probably isn't the best thing to go off of. It's all I have to go by and I'd trust it more than most high school stats. Gallegos redshirted for the exact same reason and didn't really solve the issue. Parker won't be the only guy to play PG next year, Biggs, Webster and perhaps even Gallegos will get time there, but I think a healthy Parker gets a pretty decent chunk of time there. Didnt he redshirt because he wasnt going to play much last year? I don't think you will see much of Parker next year. The story I remember was he sat out because he wanted to get stronger and develop his game. I remember an article about him learning to play the point. I'm sure playing time was part of the equation as well, though there was playing time to be had last year. He likely wasn't going to be beating out Spencer, Richardson, Talley for alot of time last year. He may have played some but it was likely going to be in a supporting role

Yep. Fixed it for you. There is a place for a guy like Parker on this team. WAYYYY to early to write off a true freshman The bench?

Maybe part of the reason he redshirted was to get acclimated at point at the next level. Maybe he won't have to do as much here as he had to do at Seward County. Looking at an assist to turnover ratio from one-year at JUCO probably isn't the best thing to go off of. It's all I have to go by and I'd trust it more than most high school stats. Gallegos redshirted for the exact same reason and didn't really solve the issue. Parker won't be the only guy to play PG next year, Biggs, Webster and perhaps even Gallegos will get time there, but I think a healthy Parker gets a pretty decent chunk of time there. Didnt he redshirt because he wasnt going to play much last year? I don't think you will see much of Parker next year.

Maybe part of the reason he redshirted was to get acclimated at point at the next level. Maybe he won't have to do as much here as he had to do at Seward County. Looking at an assist to turnover ratio from one-year at JUCO probably isn't the best thing to go off of.

Unfortunately they won't Just like some of the ridiculous rules in football about hard hits. Everyone is so worried about concussions anymore and making the game safer...they invent ridiculous rules like this.

Not sure I would call 39 minutes, 8 points, 4 boards, 6 assists, and 1 turnover invisible. Thank you. Talley is pretty huge for us. Even though his scoring has gone down, we've been depending on him in other ways. As someone else mentioned, he's turned into a solid point guard for us.

I think some people are remembering McCray for his sophomore year and not his freshmen year. Right now...I think you have to give it to Joe. Again...key words are right now. If Shields keeps up what he's been doing over the last couple weeks for the rest of the year....he'll have a real strong argument.

Big stretch to just assume that Webster and Biggs are better suited for the 2 spot. Shields is going to be a very very good player here for us Rivers is developing into an okay role player. Getting better. Gonna be interesting though next year with Fuller and Petteway though Parker is very meh to me.

It's illogical but it's also the rules. The refs were technically correct in that part. That being said....it's an absolutely ridiculously stupid rule and concept.

Nice win. Always nice to get the first one. Continue to be impressed with what Miles gets out of these guys. While I think the refs technically did their job and made a correct call in the end....the rule itself is absolutely idiotic.

Yep.